New Publication "Provides Key to Creating a Drug-Free World"

New
Publication Provides the Key to Creating a Drug-Free
World
November 28, 2012

Already one of the world’s largest
and most effective non-governmental drug information and
prevention initiatives, the Church of Scientology’s Truth
About Drugs programme is set to reach millions more with the
release of a new publication, Scientology: How We
Help—the Truth About Drugs, Creating a Drug-Free
World.

The new publication was launched at a
community gathering hosted at the Nga Whare Waatea Marae
Rainbow room where Mangere Maori Warden, Thomas Henry opened
the meeting.

“We have been using the Church of
Scientology’s Truth About Drugs materials for six
years now and we can see the results in our area,” Thomas
said. “South Auckland’s drug crimes have dropped by as
much as 20 percent in the previous year and we know these
booklets are making the difference.”In 2006 Mereana
Peka, manager of the marae, was introduced to the Truth
About Drugs education booklets and immediately saw their
potential and got behind the programme launching the new
campaign from her former role as a Maori Warden working in
Otara. She still supports the campaign today and spoke at
the hui saying she had seen the help these materials bring
to people who are affected by drug addiction.

“My son
one example of a person now living a drug-free life after
reading these booklets. So I have much to thank the Church
of Scientology for and how they have made this material
available,” Mereana said.

The New Zealand Maori Wardens
and numerous community and church groups around the country
have helped distribute over 450,000 Truth About Drugs
booklets over the past year alone. There are now six
Drug-Free Ambassador drug education centres operating from
Rotorua, New Plymouth, Northland and West and South
Auckland.

“We have been able to reach some of the most
drug-ridden areas in the country with this campaign and the
support of many caring community groups who are concerned
about the drug epidemic,” said Rita Peters, the Church of
Scientology’s community affairs coordinator, who also
spoke at the event.

The Church has sponsored drug
education around the world over the past 25 years, but it
wasn’t until the late 1990s that Scientologists in Europe
started producing a series of youth-oriented booklets
containing straight facts on the dangers of drugs that the
programme started really taking off. The booklets were in
such high demand the Church undertook to publish them
internationally and this resulted in the distribution of
millions of booklets, fliers and posters throughout
communities around the world.

“We have drawn on 25
years of experience to create a programme that solves the
problem of effectively communicating the reality of drug
abuse to teens and young adults. This makes it possible for
young people to make their own decisions, uninfluenced by
peer pressure and pro-drug propaganda,” Rita said.The
twelve Truth About Drugs booklets target the most commonly
used street drugs and drugs of choice. There is also a DVD
that documents how these drugs have affected the lives of
users as they tell their stories now they have recovered
from drug addiction. The film Real People Real
Stories,The Truth About Drugs complements the
booklets and is part of the drug education package.

The
Church of Scientology’s Truth About Drugs drug education
and prevention campaign is a secular programme that anyone
can become involved in. The results show that when young
people are provided with factual information on what drugs
are and what they do, usage rates drop
commensurately.

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote,
“The planet has hit a barrier which prevents any
widespread social progress—drugs and other biochemical
substances. These can put people into a condition which not
only prohibits and destroys physical health but which can
prevent any stable advancement in mental or spiritual
well-being.”ends

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